idontwanttospoiltheparty reblogged
“I remember telling my office to arrange some tickets for the family. You’ve got to do that in Liverpool. And my office were over-zealous as usual. So I asked for about 30 tickets. We have a huge family on Merseyside. In fact, some are breeding as we speak- there’s always a couple on the go.
I gave the tickets to my brother Michael to sort out. Otherwise it would be like ‘ere how come SHE’S going and NOT me?’ – that type of family argument thing. So I lumbered Michael with that job.
Anyway, on the actual night they let all the family in first. I didn’t know about it so when I got on stage the first few rows of people standing there were all MY relatives. It was bit off-putting at first. There was also a heckler who asked me to play ‘Satisfaction’ – I told him that wasn’t one of ours!
After the show I went for a drink with Julia Baird – John’s half sister. It was my first bevvie of the day, because I can’t drink before a gig – I’d forget the words if I did. Then one of my cousin’s kids says to me, ‘Hey, did you hear that heckler – that was ME.’”